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Hail in Stuart · Feb 28, 2026

The estimated-size surface reached 1.25" aloft; NEXRAD logged no point detections over Stuart that day. Open it on the live map to see the swath over the streets.

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Peak hail signal 1.25" ≈ half-dollar · radar-estimated size aloft
Homes in the hail footprint 1,083
Ground reports 0 none filed
Radar surfaces 1 Estimated size only

Convective day · Feb 28, 2026 · noon–noon UTC

Severity

The 3rd most severe storm Stuart has seen in the last 12 months

Composite score · 3.4 / 10
Storm severity score

Overview's storm severity score weighs hailstone size, homes in the footprint, and ground-truth reports.

3.4 /10
Peak hail signal
31 /100

Largest radar-indicated size — a signal of damage potential, not confirmation.

Homes exposed
61 /100

How many homes sit inside the storm's footprint.

Ground truth
0 /100

Independent storm reports filed with the NWS.

Evidence / storm surfaces

How Stuart saw the hail — from two instruments

Feb 28, 2026 · Stuart, FL

We map this storm two ways: the NEXRAD radar signatures the storm produced overhead, and the radar-estimated size of the hail in the air. The two surfaces don’t have to match — where they diverge is where estimated size aloft ran ahead of, or behind, what the signatures caught.

Radar-estimated hail size Surface resolved
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Feb 28, 2026 Estimated size field

Maximum hail size as estimated from radar aloft. Treat it as the storm's ceiling — the largest supportable stone — rather than a ground measurement.

Max size 1.25"

Only the radar-estimated size surface resolved for Feb 28, 2026 — this storm produced no NEXRAD point detections over Stuart, so there is one map to show, not two.

The storm in context

Where Feb 28, 2026 sits in Stuart's hail record.

This was Stuart's 1st recorded hail day — the first hail day in our records for the city. By severity it ranks 3rd of the 14 storms we have logged here. Radar put the day's largest stone over Stuart at 1.25" — radar-estimated size aloft.

The Feb 28, 2026 convective day was bigger than Stuart: the same system put hail over 10 other tracked cities, 9 of them in Florida. Nearest: West Palm Beach (24 miles southeast, up to 0"); Fort Pierce (28 miles north, up to 1.75"); Belle Glade (33 miles southwest, up to 1.25").

These maps are stills. In the app this date is one of 14 Stuart storm dates on a live map — both surfaces, the reports, and a replay — and the same map is where you draw the swath. This page rebuilds nightly.

Ground reports

What people on the ground reported

No reports filed with the NWS

These are storm reports filed with the National Weather Service and released through the NOAA Storm Prediction Center — public-domain observations from spotters, the public, and NWS surveys. We quote each one exactly as filed.

Nobody on the ground filed a report over Stuart for this date, which says more about who was watching than about the storm: spotter reports only exist where there is an observer. The radar surfaces above carry the evidence for this one.

Damage-capable hail signal

What 1.25" hail means for Stuart roofs.

Quarter-size and larger hail can bruise asphalt mats, remove granules, and dent exposed soft metal. The mapped footprint identifies an inspection priority area — it does not identify which individual roofs, if any, sustained damage.

Radar reading · not confirmed damage

Roofing exposure

What this storm is worth to a roofer.

1,083 homes × $12,000 avg. claim

Potential roof exposure

$13M

Potential roof exposure — 1,083 homes × the ~$12,000 industry-average hail roof claim. Exposure, not confirmed damage.

Illustrative jobs
5 jobs
Illustrative work
~$75K

Close just 0.5% of the 1,083 homes in this footprint at the average $15,000 roof job. Illustrative math, not a projection — your results depend on your outreach and how the market responds.

Claim window

February 2028

Claims from this storm can typically be filed until around February 2028 — the window to reach these homeowners while it's still open. Deadlines vary by policy and state.

Names and phones for every home in the footprint: at most $227 on top of the $150 plan.

Stuart hail history

14 recorded storm days in Stuart, FL
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Sep 7, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Sep 7, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Aug 28, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Aug 28, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Aug 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Aug 26, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Aug 21, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Aug 21, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Aug 19, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Aug 19, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Aug 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Aug 12, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Jul 31, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Jul 31, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Jul 26, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Jul 26, 2026

1.5"
Signatures 1.5" Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Jul 12, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Jul 12, 2026

2"
Signatures 2" Estimated 1.25"
No ground reports filed Open report →
NEXRAD radar-signature map of the hail storm over Stuart, FL on Jul 7, 2026 NEXRAD surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Jul 7, 2026

0.5"
Signatures 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Jun 22, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Jun 22, 2026

0.5"
Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Jun 20, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Jun 20, 2026

0.75"
Estimated 0.75"
No ground reports filed Open report →
Radar-estimated hail-size map of the storm over Stuart, FL on Jun 2, 2026 Estimated-size surface
Storm date Stuart / FL

Jun 2, 2026

1"
Signatures 1" Estimated 0.5"
No ground reports filed Open report →

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A storm day here is a convective day — it runs from noon to noon UTC, so late-night hail is grouped with the afternoon storm that spawned it rather than split across two calendar dates. Ground reports are public-domain observations from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Radar tells you where to look. Only an inspection confirms damage at an address. Last updated Sep 8, 2026.